Object Details
- Owner
- Rear Admiral Edwin C. Parsons, 1892 - 1968
- Physical Description
- Order of Leopold; white enamel maltese cross lying on a green wreath; Obverse: rampant lion of Belgium in center of of medal surrounded by motto; medal surmounted by the crown of Belgium and hangs from purple ribbon with bronze palm leaf.
- Summary
- Edwin "Ted" Parsons became a pilot in the French Air Service in 1916 and, beginning in January 1917, he flew with the famed Lafayette Escadrille. When the unit was transferred to the U.S. Army Air Service in February 1918, Parsons elected to stay in the French Air Service. By the end of the war, he had shot down eight enemy aircraft.
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mrs. Edwin C. Parsons
- Inventory Number
- A19772574000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
- Materials
- Medal: Silver
- Ribbon: Silk
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 4 x 1.3 x 12.5cm (1 9/16 x 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Other (Medal): 1 9/16 x 1 9/16in. (4 x 4cm)
- Country of Origin
- Belgium
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Pre-1920 Aviation
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19772574000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d22cfb67-54f3-4d50-ae10-8321205f13c1
